Found this image, probably the only thing i have showing the steps that didnt get lost in the crash. Its only 3 steps but some of you were asking about it, so i thought i'd just post it so you can see at least till i get a real tutorial going.
click here to see it.

I started in grayscale because i was more interested in the light and darks than in color.

I have found though, starting in black and white then moving to color sooner than later in the process seems to render better results....if I leave the image till the very end with all the detail then try to color it, the colors usually dont come out as vibrant.